Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia accounted for 1% of all new cancer cases in the UK in 2017.[1-4]
In females in the UK, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia accounted for less than 1% of all new female cancer cases. In males in the UK, it accounted for 1% of all new male cancer cases).
37% of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia cases in the UK are in females, and 63% are in males.
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia incidence rates (
for persons are significantly lower than the UK average in Scotland and Wales, and similar to the UK average in all other UK constituent countries.
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (C91.1), Number of New Cases, Crude and European Age-Standardised (AS) Incidence Rates per 100,000 Population, UK, 2017
| England | Scotland | Wales | Northern Ireland | UK | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Cases | 1,171 | 44 | 56 | 45 | 1,316 |
| Crude Rate | 4.2 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 3.9 | |
| AS Rate | 4.2 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 3.9 | |
| AS Rate - 95% LCL | 3.9 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | |
| AS Rate - 95% UCL | 4.4 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 6.8 | 4.1 | |
| Male | Cases | 1,986 | 104 | 68 | 67 | 2,225 |
| Crude Rate | 7.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 7.3 | 6.8 | |
| AS Rate | 8.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 8.7 | 7.9 | |
| AS Rate - 95% LCL | 8.0 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 6.6 | 7.5 | |
| AS Rate - 95% UCL | 8.7 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 10.8 | 8.2 | |
| Persons | Cases | 3,157 | 148 | 124 | 112 | 3,541 |
| Crude Rate | 5.7 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 5.4 | |
| AS Rate | 6.1 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 7.0 | 5.7 | |
| AS Rate - 95% LCL | 5.9 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 5.7 | 5.5 | |
| AS Rate - 95% UCL | 6.3 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 8.3 | 5.9 | |
around the For chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, there are few established risk factors therefore differences between countries largely reflect differences in diagnosis and data recording.
References
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Data were provided by the National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (part of Public Health England), on request through the Office for Data Release, November 2019. Similar data can be found here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/cancerregistrationstatisticsengland/previousReleases
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Data were provided by ISD Scotland on request, April 2019. Similar data can be found here: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Cancer/Publications.
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Data were provided by the Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit, Health Intelligence Division, Public Health Wales on request, December 2019. Similar data can be found here: http://www.wcisu.wales.nhs.uk.
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Data were provided by the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry on request, May 2019. Similar data can be found here: http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/nicr/.
About this data
Data is for UK, 2017, ICD-10 C91.1.
